Monthly Archives: January 2019

Peak Position, Part 3: Ranking the Designers

Posted on January 31, 2019 by huzonfirst

The past couple of days, I’ve been talking about the Peak Position of a game, which is the highest rank it has reached at any point in time on the Geek 100.  I contend this is a better measure of … Continue reading →

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Peak Position, Part 2: Summaries, Lists, and Refinements

Posted on January 30, 2019 by huzonfirst

So in yesterday’s article, I introduced the concept of using a game’s Peak Position (the highest rank it has attained at any point in time in the Geek’s list of its top 100 games) as a better measure of its … Continue reading →

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Peak Position, Part 1: A (Somewhat) New Way of Rating Games

Posted on January 29, 2019 by huzonfirst

bias, n.  [bahy-uhs] 1. a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment 2. Statistics – a systemic, as opposed to a random, distortion of a statistic as a result of sampling procedure There is a natural human tendency for individuals in a … Continue reading →

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Northern Pacific

Posted on January 28, 2019 by xitoliv

Designer: Amabel HollandPublisher: Winsome Games / Rio Grande GamesPlayers: 3-5Ages: 7+Time: 20 minutesTimes Played: 5 times with review copy of the RGG edition, 1 time with someone else’s RGG edition In retrospect, one of the worst Codenames clues I’ve ever … Continue reading →

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Wingspan (Game Review by Brandon Kempf)

Posted on January 27, 2019 by Brandon Kempf

Designer: Elizabeth Hargrave Publisher: Stonemaier Games Artists: Anna Maria Martinez Jaramillo, Natalia Rojas, Beth Sobel Players: 1-5 (While Wingspan does have a solo mode, as most Stonemaier games do, I will be focusing on the multi-player experience) Time: 40-70 Minutes … Continue reading →

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Twilight Imperium, 4th Edition

Posted on January 25, 2019 by jefflingwall

Review of Twilight Imperium, 4th Edition Designed by Dane Beltrami, Corey Konieczka, and Christian Petersen Published by Fantasy Flight Games 3-6 Players Playing time: good luck Forgive me for starting a review with a metaphor, but it seems to fit … Continue reading →

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